Development of renewable energy sources improves energy independence and the environmental situation

6 june 2016
| Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“Increasing the share of renewable sources in the nation’s total energy output is not simply possible, it is imperative,” the Analytical Center expert Dmitry Khomchenko told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Dmitry KhomchenkoDepartment for Sectors of Economy

“According to the Meteorological Center, last year was
the warmest in our hemisphere in the past 120 years. And it was greenhouse gas
emissions that made a sizable contribution to the increase in annual average
temperatures. Greenhouse gases are emitted, among other things, as a result of
the burning of various organic fuels to generate heat and electric power,” the
expert said. Developing renewable energy sources also makes the country more
energy independent and improves the environmental situation in the areas where
they are used, Mr. Khomchenko explained.

According to the expert, the latest trends in the global
energy sector also indicate that over time renewable sources are going to
become the leading source of electric power while investments in their creation
and development are expected to take off. “The EU wants to bring the share of
renewable sources in its total energy consumption to 20% by 2020, and Denmark,
for example, plans to get all its energy exclusively from renewable sources by
2026,” Mr. Khomchenko said.

It should be reminded that by signing the Paris climate
change agreement in April this year, Russia and a number of other participants
in the convention are now under the obligation to make every effort to prevent
the annual average temperature on the planet from rising by more than 2 degrees
Celsius by 2100.